An independent, peer reviewed journal for policy makers and practitioners in agriculture and related industries, assessing the interactions between population growth, resources, the environment and climate change.

Summary
As a result of industrialization, an increasing proportion of China’s cultivated land is being urbanized, causing considerable environmental damage.
In an endeavour to promote a low-carbon economy, this article focuses on modeling the carbon budget resulting from the industrialization and urbanization of farmland from 1996 to 2020, using empirical analysis and a dynamic system.
The results show that, the area of China’s cultivated land is decreasing, whereas, land is being …